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Theatrum Botanicum. 
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other but greater.fucceeded by the like blacke and flat Aiming feede: the roote confifteth ofa great bufh of lone 
black: ftringes and threads which perifti not yearely as the former doe, but abide from yeare to yeare, yet often¬ 
times the ftalkes with leaves above ground dye downe and rife afrefh in the Spring. 
7. Perfiettria alterafrutefcem Umgifolia maculata Virginiana flare carneo. 
This other Virginia Arfmart groweth Lip with ftraight round ftalkes, much higher than the laft, with much lon-i 
ger and narrower leaves, marked alfo oftentimes in the like manner, and often a!fo without r this is more plen- 
tifull in branches of flowers, which are fhorter fpikes but thicker let, with fine blufh coloured flowers, much larlt 
ger than in any of the former, but gave no feede with the Gentleman Mr. Iohn CMorrice of Iffe/worth, that had 
tt rifen from the feede that was fent him from a friend in Virginia : the roote is greater and more woody than the 
laft, and perifhed with theextremitie of the hard winter froft. 
The Place and Time. 
The former two forts grow almoft every where with us in watery plafhes, ditches, and the like, that for the : 
mod part arc drie in Summer: the third in Germany ; the fourth in the like places about as faith- 
the three laft forts came from Virginia ; the former forts fiowring in June, and their feede being ripe in Autrufl j , 
but the other forts flower much later with us, and fcarce perfedf their feede except the fift. & 1 1 ’ 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke 1 $ pm-mti, id eft , piper ayuaticum, many doe call it alfo fydropiper in Latine, and general-’ 
!y Perjicana afoliorumforme, yet fome diftinguifh them, calling the mildcor gentle (ort Perficaria (imply, and I 
the other Hydropsper or Perftcariaurens y zs Lobcl doth, or mordax as Thaliw doth: fome as Lugdunenfis faith 
would make the (potted fort to be Plumbago plinij, becaufe of theleaden.likefpotson theleaves, butthey are 
much deceived: fome alio call it Britanica Plinij, but they are as farre wide as the other : Lacuna calleth it Grata- ■ 
2nd Anguillara calleth the fharpe fort by that name of Crauogoncn, andbyfome Zingiber canimtm■ the 
third IS onely remembred by Bauhimts, the fourth by Lohei, and the three laft by no other before: the Itali. 
ans call It Perf,curia, the Spaniards CMunchtu, the French Culrage , the Germans IVajfer pftfer, and UMuckenkraut 
the Dutch spatter peper, and we in Englijh Water pepper and Arfmart, and in fome countries Red-knees. ’ 
The Vert ues-. 
The milde Arfcart is of a cooling and drying qualitic,and the other contrarie is hot and drie : the firftis very 
effectual! for putrid ulcers, either m man or bead to kill the wormes, andclenfethe putri fled places • theiuvee 
thereof dropped ,n or otberwife applied , it likewife confumeih all cold fwellings.and diffolveth the congealed 
b.oud of bruifes by drakes, falls, &c. a peecf of the roote, or fome of the feede bruifed and held to an aking tooth 
taketh away the pame: the leaves bruiied and laid to the joint that hath a felon thereon taketh it away : the 
juyee dropped into their cares that have wormes m them deftroyeth them quickly: if the herbe be ftrowed in a 
chamber it will foone kill all the Fleas therein; and if the herbe or juyee thereof be put to horfes or other cattellcs 
■ IrT' u T drive way the Fives that will fticke thereto, even in the hotteft time of Summer a good handfull 
of he herbe put under a horfes faddle, will make him travell better, although hee were halfctired before. The 
milde Arfmart is held to be good agamfthot empoftumes and inflammations at the beginning, and to hcale 
greene wounds. s 
Chap. XX III. 
Ttarm'.ca vitlffaris. 
Common field Pelletory or Sneefeworte.’ 
Ext unto Dictander fiiould follow Tarragon called Tar chon 2nd DracuncHlw hortenfis & cfculentui 
bemg of the like hot and fharpe biting tafte, but that I have entreated therof in my former BooMs 
ahoof the garden Dragons,whofe figure J herewith (hew you,& mull in this Chapter fhew you the 
Ptarmtca zmlgaru .ordinarily called wilde Pelletory and Srecfewo. re, of which kindc alio I have 
fee forth one with double flowers in my former Booke. Pyrethrum alfo vulgatc, called by us Pelle- 
, althouoh let forth m mv former BooL-p _ r—~.z • _ _ 
toryof Spaine, although fet forth in my former Booke. Vnto this I mm'adrfe an other (hanger fcarce' knowne 
fomuch as by name to our Nation. This common Felletory fiiootcth forth divers brittle ftalkjs a yarde high and 
more fpread into,undry branches, whereon are fet narrow long leaves pointed at ihecnds, and finely dented a- 
bout the edges Handing one above another up to the toppes, where grow many white flowers in a round tuft to¬ 
gether, fomewhat like unto thofe of Yarrow or Millfoyle, with a 'very final) yellowifl, thtumme in the middle 
bordered about with very fhort whmfh leaves dented in at the broad ends, which pa fling away leave bchinde 
them fmall heades with chaffie feede therein :the roote is long and whitiflr joynted at fcveral! diftanecs, creeping 
fan e about under ground: both leafe ana roote ate of an hot fharpe biting tafle, like unto the tree Pelletory of 
spaine whereof ic cooke the name. J 
I. Pyrethrum nulgare c'ffcinarum. Pelletory of Staine. 
r . „ r ,S 3 fm ?,” ‘° w P u,lt beann S ™ n y cut lo ”g leavcs upon the ftalkes lying on the ground, much larger 
whirp^ni-CV V j 18 V jj-n J L 8 large flower having a pale or border of many leaves, 
• upperfide, a ^d reddifii underneath fet about the middle yellow thrumme, but not (landing fo clofe 
t C - th ^ C T J °f 111 fl T Crs doC ’ but rnore f cvered one from another: it beareth fmall whit,’ft 
feede u hich is hardly found and difeerned horn rrechaffe the roote is long growing downeright of the bignefle 
..c, r: / T.-- -- , ““V “ '-‘ourcisionggrownigaowncrigntottneDigneile 
hrrs from ra° r In ° ur ttountric, butnothalfe fo great where it groweth naturally, with divers fi- 
chewcdafte’r^fhnhbeareT^'’-? lch watcr int .° tb : ctEill S. auhi '. e 
ns nnrenHnr,' \ kt ' ne dt ’ cc ^ bur nothing fo much while it is frefh andgteene: the plant is very tender with 
us not enduring our Winter, unlefle it be very carefully prefcivcd. ’ 
Tkfs'nf t< " m ‘ “ ‘Dracuhcuhu Alpir.w Scahiefafoho. Wilde Pelletory with Scabious leaves. 
PeU ^ or >' hath round ? alkes about a foote high, fpieading fome branches towards the toppes, 
‘j . e i vc ^ o n g pale grccne leaves on both fdes one above another as in the former, but jaggcdcT 
deepefy cut in on both fides, fomewhat like unto a Scabious leafe : at the toopes of the ftalkes and branches ftand 
she 
